The world No.1 dismissed the Chinese Zhuoxuan Bai (702nd and from qualifying).
World No.1 Aryna Sabalenka qualified easily on Wednesday for the third round of the Australian Open by beating Chinese Zhuoxuan Bai (702nd and qualifying result) 6-3, 6-1.
“I’m happy because she’s not easy to play”commented the 27-year-old Belarusian, double winner in Melbourne and finalist last year. She will face the Austrian of Russian origin Anastasia Potapova (55th) or the British Emma Raducanu (29th) to try to reach the round of 16.
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While leading 5-0 in the first set, Sabalenka suddenly saw her opponent go up to 5-3.
“She succeeded in everything, I didn’t know what I should do!”recognized the player with six Grand Slam titles.
Despite a moment of worry, she managed not to let herself be taken aback, to regain the upper hand and her march towards victory.
“I’m here, my game is there”she warned. The Belarusian has only lost 9 games in 2 matches.
